Photo: Buchsweiler · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
In Bouxwiller, 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 67% of compared French towns. The town is home to 3,754 residents in 1,570 households, by the 2023 Census. One-person households make up about one in three here (31%).
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Bouxwiller
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouxwiller had 4,017 residents at the 2012 census and 3,754 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 290 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Bouxwiller behind 92% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Over those years, the median Bas-Rhin town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
Bouxwiller is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 46
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouxwiller 46. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Bouxwiller, 12%. Residents aged 65 and over: 23% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 67% of compared French towns: 28%
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
33% of homes are flats, a share 54% of compared French towns don’t reach
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Of all households, 9.5% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. One in ten households have no car, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. At 2.4%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,570 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,570 a year: higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 12.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 12% in Bouxwiller, more than in 65% of compared French towns
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 31% in Bouxwiller and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bouxwiller sits above 75% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (8.3%)
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
9.2% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. That is higher than in two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 28%, a higher share than 68% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
The share of married residents is 44%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Bouxwiller, 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 20%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,725 to 3,782 people), the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 35.1 in Lourches to 63.9 in Cabourg.
Bouxwiller is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouxwiller | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
| Ingwiller 3,995 · 3.6 mi | 46 | 26% | 2.1% | 5.6% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 4.5 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Hochfelden 4,038 · 6.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| Val-de-Moder 5,102 · 6.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.1% | 6.3% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 7.6 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 10 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Bouxwiller
What is the population of Bouxwiller?
3,754 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (4,017).
How old are Bouxwiller’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouxwiller?
45, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouxwiller?
INSEE counts 340 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.2% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouxwiller?
€26,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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